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May 23,
2002
A Piece of
Mind
A
new bookshop caters to those interested in cognitive liberty and brings a
new meaning to "head shop." By STEFFEN SILVIS (c)
Willamette
Week Online, May 22, 2002
Brad Willard
has long been a student of cognitive science and of literature supporting
cognitive liberty (the radical idea that we, as individuals, should have
sole control over the way we think). A few months ago, Willard, part owner
of the successful Belmont Street cafe The Pied Cow, decided to open a
cafe-cum-bookshop devoted to the subject. His new venture is an attractive
specialist bookshop of the type one thought Barnes & Noble had
murdered.
Nestled within an early 1900s house, the Psychonautical Supply is a
place, Willard hopes, where individuals may embark on myriad new voyages
in the mind. "If there's any message that I'm promoting at the
Psychonautical," says Willard, "it's that each person has the
right to seek their own path."
Brad Willard
has long been a student of cognitive science and of literature supporting
cognitive liberty (the radical idea that we, as individuals, should have
sole control over the way we think). A few months ago, Willard, part owner
of the successful Belmont Street cafe The Pied Cow, decided to open a
cafe-cum-bookshop devoted to the subject. His new venture is an attractive
specialist bookshop of the type one thought Barnes & Noble had
murdered.
